로그인Adrian's POV…“He's the guy I told you about that night," I said. She was gaping at me wide-eyed. "Um… what was his name?” She snapped her fingers as she tried to remember. "Stephen,” she shouted, as soon as she remembered. "That was his name back then,”"Oh wow. Maybe that's why she wants to get back at him so bad,” she looked at me. "Because he dumped her,”I shook my head. “Aria is not that petty. She can't be doing all these you've said over a mere high school dump," “That's true," “Back to you," I said and sat straight. She quickly lowered her gaze. “Why didn't you tell me earlier about this?" “I promised her I wouldn't tell anyone, not even you," “Wow," I clapped dramatically and scoffed. “Not even me… then what am I to you if you can't even tell me something like this? You couldn't even trust me and obviously thought I'd blab about it,”She shook her head. "No. No. No,” she stood from her seat and came and sat next to me on the chair. "I'm sorry for not telling you earli
Tracy's POV…“Aria?" I screamed as I bursted inside her house. “Aria?" I screamed again, slamming the door. I was heading towards the stairs in search of her when I heard the kitchen door downstairs open. My chest was rising and falling as I tried to maintain composure.“Why are you screaming my name like that, dear sister in law?" She asked with a smile. I scoffed. “I don't think I'll be your sister in law anymore," her brows furrowed in confusion. I bit my lips. “Adrian suspects something. In fact, he hates me now. He's calling out relationship off,"“What?" Her eyes widened in surprise. “That's… um… how did he find out,"“He's not stupid. I've been off lately and he senses that something is wrong and he asked me about it and guess what… I lied to him. We were supposed to go see a site yesterday evening, but I was out with you working. I lied to my mom that I was going on a date with him only to come back and see him in our shop," “No way," she hitvher face with her palm. “Yo
Tracy's POV…I was shocked to see Adrian at our shop. I didn't expect him to be here. But he was here… right in front of me. Looking betrayed. “What are the bags for?" Mom asked. “I would have asked how the date went but it seems you both didn't go anymore,"I was giving my mom signals to stop talking, but she wasn't having any of it. “Date?" Adrian asked, looking at my mom then at me. “Yeah. She said you both were going out on a date, but seeing as you were here the whole time," she paused and looked at me. “Where were you then Tracy?" I blinked nervously. “I… I was…" “And what's all those bags for?" She asked again. “Who got you those things?" I felt a huge lump in my throat. The cafe felt suddenly hot. “I got them for her," Adrian said. My head quickly snapped to him. He was looking at me. “I sent them to her. We had to call off the date and I figured she must feel bad, so I bought her these to make her feel better," he added. The way he lied so effortlessly was surprisin
Adrian's POV…I leaned on the door as soon as I shut it. I couldn't believe Tracy just lied to me. I heard everything she said over the phone with Aria. I didn't know what it was about exactly, but I knew it was something not good, since they didn't want me to know about it. I played along to know if she would tell me, but she lied. I sighed and went back to the kitchen. Days following that night, Tracy had been acting extra suspicious and secretive. She's always on a call with Aria and she's never around. Whenever I ask her about it, she'll give me the same excuse. “It's nothing. I'm just busy with building the members of my firm " that was always her reply. . I was beginning to get fed up from all the lies, but I still gave her the opportunities to tell me the truth. “Are you free this evening?" I asked her one morning over the phone. “Uhhh… I think I will. I have meeting with my staff members but I guess we'll be done before evening," “Okay. I'll pick you up tonight," “Ok
Tracy's POV…It's been a month already and Aria and I have been working together. We've dug out so many secrets from Tyler's past. Adrian had not yet found out about it. Although, a few times, he was at the brink of discovering. One evening, when we were at a restaurant. He had asked me out on a date. I excused myself to go use the bathroom and when I came back, I saw him with my phone. “What are you doing?" I asked him, taking a seat. He looked at me. “Aria called you," he said and dropped the phone on the table. “Oh," I said and quickly took the phone and put it in my bag"There's a message she sent you…” he paused and looked at me. “About a parcel?" My eyes widened and my pulse quickened. What did Aria send? I was supposed to go pick up a parcel from her driver. There was a tracker in the parcel. "Oh… yeah. That's for erm…” I coughed and took my glass of water. I drank slowly to stall for time and think of a better excuse. He was looking at me as I drank and that made me ve
Third person's POV…“Her name was Aria," “Aria?" Aria asked, leaning forward."Yeah,” Alina nodded. "We named you after her. We were very identical, you could hardly tell us apart. But, we were raised in the wrong home. Our parents couldn't afford the hospital bills, so we were sold to a wealthy family. They needed a child and our parents needed money," Alina explained to them how everything transpired, up until the moment Miriam died while having a child. “Her husband, whom we thought was a good man and responsible man, abandoned her when complications arose. The man pressured her into bearing a child for him. We didn't know he was after her money, so he devised the scheme of wanting a child so bad so he could distract her,”"That's horrible,” Tracy muttered. "We didn't tell you guys about it because I… I…" she wiped a tear. “Talking about it just reminds me of how I lost my sister and my best friend," “We're sorry about that," Adrian and Aria stood up and went to her, leaving
Alina's POV… Darren dropped me off at a distance from our house. I could see the house from where he stopped. I didn't want him going any closer so nobody would see him. We were still inside the car. The door to the driver's side where Darren sat was opened, while I sat on his lap. “Thank you fo
Darren's POV… I was so mad and furious when I received a call from Miriam, telling me Alina was missing. I was on a call with Alessio when she called. I disconnected the call with Alessio and took my car keys and headed for the airport. If anything had happened to Alina, then I wouldn't be able
Alina's POV… The man went into the restroom and I followed him. I knew it was a stupid move and a terrible idea but I had no choice. I knew his face but I couldn't remember where I knew him from. Miriam was still asleep when I left. I checked the time on my watch. “1:54” I muttered. I still had a
Third person's POV…A month later…“Do you feel nervous?” Miriam asked Alina. They were in the car, heading to the airport. The day after tomorrow was Alina's grandparents’ memorial and every member of the family had to be present. It was usually done every year. It wasn't observed last year becau







